Monitoring the increasing footprint of IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) project areas can help customers develop accurate sizing and forecasts for future enterprise upgrades, in particular for customers who have been using RTC for some time. Moreover, the varying level of activity of individual projects provides valuable information which can drive the enterprise decision to […]

We are pleased to announce the availability of Rational Asset Manager (RAM) 7.5.4. It is now available for download on Passport Advantage and IBM Fix Central. The primary focus of this release is to address customer Request for Enhancements (RFEs), Platform Upgrades, and security improvements to benefit power users. Some of the key content in this release are: Rational Asset […]

To help with your IBM Continuous Engineering (CE) and Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) planning, here are some release updates. Feel free to ask questions in the comments section below this post, or follow up with your IBM Support team to discuss any questions or implications. Extended Maintenance Release Version 6.0.6 is an Extended Maintenance Release (EMR), which […]

The benefits of “lean” are taking shape. More organizations than ever before have shifted from simply pursuing an interest to actually doing something about it. And in this world of growing systems and software complexity, the need to effectively and efficiently coordinate the delivery of value across distributed teams is no longer a choice… it’s […]

I am happy to announce the release of IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager (RELM) 6.0.6 with some exciting new functionality, as well as continued focus on improving usability. Here’s what you’ll find in the latest RELM version: 1) IBM Continuous Engineering Connector for IoT  is part of RELM The Internet of Things continues gaining momentum, and engineering teams […]

Version 6.0.6 of the IBM Rational Publishing Engine (RPE) is now available! This release focused on improving usability to develop RPE templates, enterprise security and parity support with the RPE Document Builder. The following list provides a summary of the RPE 6.0.6 features: 1) Improved Usability with Document Preview view Rational Publishing Engine continues to improve the template creation […]

We’ve put a lot of effort into Jazz Reporting Service (JRS) 6.0.6 enhancements. This release focused on improving usability, scheduling report export, and delivering a re-architected Lifecycle Query Engine (LQE) technology preview. Here are some highlights of JRS 6.0.6: Grouping reports into folders We heard from users that organizing reports via tags is not ideal. Therefore, in this […]

The rising complexity of the products and systems being developed globally is driving engineering teams to seek effective model-based engineering practices, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE). Rising compliance demands are driving the need for rigorous change management and lifecycle traceability while at the same time, engineering teams must maintain or improve their quality and engineering […]

IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) v6.0.6 brings a large set of user experience enhancements in various areas such as test execution, manual test scripts, configuration management or Excel importer. To learn more about those enhancements, I invite you to read the New & Noteworthy details. The team has also started to work on a new […]

We’ve been busy making IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) even better for teams who are doing complex, regulated development.  We’ve focused on the following main areas in this release: Usability: Making the simple things easier to do My favorite feature in this release is a one-click Create Child Work Item option in the work item editor.  […]